Shears



G. W. KELLIN.

SHEARS.

APPLICATION FILED luLv 29,1921.

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To all fr0/tom it may concer/1t.' y y Be it 1Known that Git-onor: W. KILLIN, a citizen olf the ll nite l States, residing at lll est Huntington, in the county ot' Cabelh'State ol TWest ll'irginia, have invented a new and' uselful lil-hears; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full1 clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to mal-re ano use the same.

rl'he invention relates to shears and has for its object to provide a pair of shears whereinthe shearing leverage increased in power and the shears so constructed that they will embody the advantages inthe form or" hand shears, the advantages of the vmore cumbersome bench shears and made a mini-` mum size.

A further object is to provide a pair of shears wherein the cutting blades will simultaneously move during a cutting operation, thereby securing maximum efficiency of out# ting, and at the same time obviating the common diliicultynow found in hand and bench shears wherein one blade is stationary and the other blade moves, in which type ot shears the knives have a tendency to torce the material being severed towards the points of .the knives thereby requiring greater power on account of the decreased leverage to sever the material. Also to provide a shearing blade actuating mechanism which is applicable to machine shears as well as bench and handy shears.

A further object is to provide shears which will open to full cutting capacity with less opening of the handles than any other shears on the market, straight or compound action. This feature also lessens a mans days work7 makes it easier on him incutting heavy metal than is possible with any other shea-rs. C

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangei'nent or" parts as hereinafter set forth, shownV in the drawings7 described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Inv the drawings Figure `1 is a perspective view of the shears, showing the same in open position.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of rial Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented Aug'. 15;; 1922. Y

1921. sel-iai No.` 488,317.

the .forward end of the shears saine in closed position. f

VReferring to the drawings7 the numerals 1 and 2 designate crossed members which are showing the p-ivotally connected together by means ol' av bolt 3.' Members 1 and 2 terminate in their forward ends forwardly of the pivotalV bolt l 3 and 'cutting blades fl?, which blades are olfy conventionaltype and have cutting `edges 5, which edges when brought together move sia piece of material 6 immediatelyupon start'- ing of the closing action andhold vthe matecase ofr a conventional tornir of hand or hmultaneously, thereby shear into the edge of against outwardvmovement ,during th@ .z l

cutting operation, which is not the case-70 bench shears,` in `which conventional `form the material 6 ha-sto be held with one hand vor in some manner against movement7 and it not held is forced towards the ends 7,y

nates in a finger receiving loop 15. It will.

be seen that during 'amovementvot t the handle y member 111, that said handle member may have a substantially parallel movement with the rearwardly extending arm 8, the pur-k Alsof' gers of the operator when the' operator is Y' forcing the handle members 17 and 1-1 towards each other during ashearing operation. The crossed member 2 is provided with a rearwardly upwardly and downwardly extending arm 19, which arm is pivotally connected at 20 to a handle member 17, thereforev it will be seen that when the handle members 14C and 17 are moved towards each otherthat the arms 8 and 19 will simultaneously move thereby simultaneously moving the blades 4:. `llt will also V be seen that by so positioningthe various pivotal points that a leverageis provided which materially increases the shearing power and at the same time providing a leverage which when the pivotal point 12 passes upwardly through a straight line drawn beween Ithe pivotal points 3 and 20 gir/es an increasing power olf shearing` ot the blades asthe point ot severing,` approaches the ends ot the blades thereby insuring uniform cutting;1 with a uniform power applied to the hainlle members 1T and 20. lt will also be seen that the structure is positive in its operation and that the parts have been reduced to a minimum,

lfhe invention having been set forth what is claimed new and useful is:

l. A pair et shears comprising crossed members, one end oi' said crossed members Yforming` shearing` blades, the other ends oi" said crossed members extending rearwardly and away from each other, one ot' said rearwardly extending ends having pivoted thereto spaced points upwardly e3;- tending,l links, a handle member piyoted to said links, thereby forming -a parallel movement, a second handle member, said second handle member having its forward end pivotally connected to thefirst mentioned handle member and the forward link at its up'- per end, said second handle member being pivotally connected to the upwardly and rearwardly extending,` end of the crossed member at a point spaced from the iront end of the upper handle member.v

2. A pair of shears comprising crossed members, the forward ends of' said crossed nected to the lower arm through the mediumof links thereby forming a parallel'movement, an upper rearwardly extending handle member having,` its `forward end pivotally connected to the lower handle member at its forward pivotal point, the rear end ot the upper arm of: the crossed members being pifotally connected to the upper handle member at a point spaced from its forward end.

ln testimony whereoiC l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

Y GEORGE W. KLLIN. llitnesses i FRANK lloCLoUD', FRED L. BILLMAN. 

